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The following items were taken from Oak Park police reports: A 21-year-old Glen Ellyn man was charged with child abduction after he grabbed a 15-year-old Oak Park girl on the 400 block of Madison Street at 8:52 p.m. July 29 and tried to pull her into bushes. A black-and-silver 160-GB Apple classic iPod MP3 player valued at $250, keys and cigarettes were stolen at the implied threat of gunpoint on the 400 block of North Austin Boulevard between 1 and 1:05 a.m. July 28. A Berwyn man fled from the 100 block of North Grove Avenue at 11:23 p.m. July 28 after he was approached while looking at his phone and told, "Give it up, or I'm going to pull something out." A...

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The following items were taken from Oak Park police reports:
A 21-year-old Glen Ellyn man was charged with child abduction after he grabbed a 15-year-old Oak Park girl on the 400 block of Madison Street at 8:52 p.m. July 29 and tried to pull her into...

The following items were gathered from Oak Park police reports.
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The following items were taken from Oak Park and River Forest police reports:
Oak Park
An Oak Park man walking in the alley behind the 100 block of South Scoville Avenue was jumped by four men who stole his cell phone and his wallet. The incident...

The following items were taken from police reports:
Oak Park
Two Oak Park residents were robbed at gunpoint of cash, an iPhone and a flip phone, all valued at $500, in the 800 block of Mapleton Avenue at 9:10 p.m. July 16.
Two 21-year-old Chicago men...

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Racing to sell the Clippers before being stripped of ownership by the NBA, co-owner Shelly Sterling received at least three preliminary offers for the team that could reach up to a record $2 billion, according to three people familiar with the process.
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You wouldn't know it from what you see on many store shelves, but there are lots of little girls who don't want to wear pink. Or bling. Or anything with a ruffle or any sort of embellishment. And don't even get started on super-slim fits.
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